Rachel Joyce Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.”

“My father died in France, and my sisters and I went over with my mum to bring back his body. I remember going to the funeral parlour in France and being given a laminated menu of coffins, and thinking, surely there is an ice cream at the back of here!”

“Before I gave birth to Hope, I had a miscarriage. The pain was so enormous, I had to write myself out of it. I kept a diary and did not feel entirely complete until Hope was born.”

“Actors go inside the heads of other people and are not afraid of the complicated places you can find yourself.”

“For me, writing is such an escape, and I felt very lucky to have this to run away to.”

“I have written stories since I was a child.”

“I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.”

“I think lots of ideas are sometimes in our heads without us quite, you know, knowing it.”

“I'm drawn to people who find themselves on the outside of things. I'm moved by that in real life.”

“My father had spent years fighting cancer of the head and neck. He had numerous operations, and he was reduced and reduced and reduced. By the end, he had a growth so big under his eye that it hurt to look at him.”